Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Why Twitter is A Media Company. CEO Dick Costolo famously said that Twitter is not a media company about six weeks ago at the AllThingsD conference. To be fair, Costolo said that Twitter isn’t a media company but is “in the media business” To some that may be a distinction without a difference.

Media 113

Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

But as social media continues to pervade businesses large and small, and purchase decisions increasingly happen at the user level (see #2) we will see dramatically more customer acquisition happen via the web. People have been selling software over the web for awhile and indirect selling via screensharing and webinar, etc isn’t new.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Again there’s three fundamental ways to make money in consumer-facing internet businesses: you can sell people stuff in a physical realm (e-commerce), you can indirectly monetize consumer attention (media or ad-based), or you can provide online software & services that consumers pay for (premium services).

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. Tell me if this is “lame” Leader Technologies has won 11 infringement claims against Facebook. Filed under Uncategorized. PMarchetti.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

JUNE 24, 2013

And to be fair ubiquitous connected computing is but one of the enabling technologies for driverless cars (computer vision, AI, etc). Cars as a Media Platform – Again I think infotainment is only the tip of the spear but cars have been a media platform for many decades, since the advent of AM radios.

Internet 153

Internet Caching Aggregator Audio 153

Agile VC

AUGUST 1, 2012

About 6-12 months ago you could hardly throw a rock in the startup ecosystem without hitting a VC expressing their enthusiasm for “mobile” Now the frenzy about mobile has extended into the mass media and public equity markets, though with trepidation as often as excitement.

Mobile 160

Mobile Advertising Bandwidth Web 160

Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The second order impacts to the entire technology industry are in their early innings… not just the complete digitization of consumer media, but also the “consumerization” of business software, the BYOD movement in corporate IT , the evolution of the computer/human interface.

Silicon Valley 133

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndication Syndicate 133